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― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
lol immediately recognized the same artist as "nerd blackface"
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link
Rocket Raccoon and Groot rule in Guardians of the Galaxy test footage
A VERY short test clip of Rocket standing on top of Groot and firing a machine gun.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Thursday, 13 February 2014 20:46 (ten years ago) link
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B16Bo47KS2g
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:58 (ten years ago) link
"What a bunch of a-holes"
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 11:13 (ten years ago) link
not enthused by that trailer :/
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
A man, a woman, a Hulk, a raccoon and a tree walk into a bar... I think this one just had to be a little table-setting, but yeah, I agree, Nhex.
I think/hope there will have to be some small Reilly/Nick Fury scene tying this into the rest of the cinematic Marvel U.
― needs more garlic → (WilliamC), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link
Love the fact that the trailer song is a comic in-joke:
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― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Also interesting - this io9 piece on possible spoilers in the listing for the Captain America 2 soundtrack notes that the last track is called "Quill's S.O.S."
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
How are people not stoked? Granted I know nothing but this is solid trailer action.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
Should have parodied the Avengers trailer
"If we can't protect this galaxy, then we can sure as hell.... guard it""Wait, don't those mean the same thing?"
* cut to Rocket Raccoon screaming "BLAM! I murdered you!" roll credits *
― have a nice blood (mh), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
had the trailer been two minutes of Rocket Raccoon shooting people in the face, I would have been stoked
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
I kind of want some footage of Bradley Cooper's voice coming out of his mouth so I can decide how ridiculous it'll be
― have a nice blood (mh), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:13 (ten years ago) link
Bookmark for future ILX use:
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― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
okay that did make me lol
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
Looked kind of like a big-budget syndicated show rather than a movie to me.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
I think it looks fun enough.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL)
Is it Peter Serafinowickz saying this?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
It just seems way too soon in this Marvel universe roll-out to go all Howard the Duck campy. I like James Gunn, generally, but gathering an A-list of the B-listers does not necessarily give me faith in the franchise.
Too bad Fantastic Four is in some sort of neo-Marvel rights limbo. That would have been the perfect vector to further expand this movie universe into other galaxies/dimensions. I know that reboot is on its way, but the fact that it, Spider-Man and X-Men exist in some sort of parallel Marvel universe really muddies one of the best attributes of the brand.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
I imagine they'll find away round all that eventually, a film starring spidey, the x-men and the avengers would be like the biggest money spinner ever.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:21 (ten years ago) link
looks entirely entertaining to me. I like it when the Marvel movies are funny (Thor)
― akm, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:21 (ten years ago) link
Sony cobbled together a whole new Spidey franchise just to keep the rights so I don't think they'll be giving them up anytime soon.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
An film starring amusement park with spidey, the x-men and the avengers rides, plus Star Wars, plus of course Disney, would be like the biggest money spinner ever. That's likely the end game once the rights diaspora is reigned in.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
so... Orlando?
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
I don't really get how Sony Pictures can have licensed the Spider-Man pictures "forever" but I can't find any concrete details on how their licensing from Marvel works
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
I think it's a rights in perpetuity thing as long as Sony doesn't let the series lapse for X number of years. Marvel sold off those franchises when superhero movies were at their nadir.
Eventually, though, Disney will have enough money to just buy them all back and then lock up copyright until 4500 AD.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
That's still an insane deal; I guess Marvel was coming off bankruptcy a few years earlier, but it seems incredibly unwise in retrospect
I've heard of these kinds of licensing agreements before (if X property is not activated within Y years, rights revert back to property holder) but to allow this to go on in perpetuity is nuts
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
The Amazing Spider-man was basically the equivalent of Corman's Fantastic 4.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
In terms of timing, not so much in terms of budget
― have a nice blood (mh), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
I wish they'd done that as a loose continuation rather than a reboot; Raimi did the origin story pretty much perfectly.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
It was painful watching them try to differentiate the new origin story from the old one. Worst part was robbing Uncle Ben of "With great power..." and replacing it with some weird off-brand paraphrase instead.
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
a spiderman movie was in the works for so long that 'this will never actually get made' wasn't a totally unfair assumption. guardians trailer looked good enough to me, sets the tone and looks worst case scenario the movie version of hitchhiker's guide. could imagine it not doing well and ending up an honorable flop like scott pilgrim or underperformer like pacific rim but if it's a hit it opens things up for marvel in a huge way (esp compared to wb/dc where they're so timid from having fucked up their properties they have to bundle wonder woman into a movie that already has superman and batman in it). i don't own stock in disney so why do i give a fuck if this is 'too risky' or they're making this move 'too soon', if it flops they'll keep doing what they're doing and take a tiny baby step out of the comfort zone somewhere else (ant man apparently), if it doesn't maybe summers become alot more interesting and fun.
― balls, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
steve gerber's 70s guardians of the galaxy isn't his best work, but does contain at least a few moments of genuinely visionary strangeness, whereas - like that panel reproduced above - this new iteration just seems to be awful zany garbage
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
I guessing having absolutely no experience with Guardians I just think "hey it's Chris Pratt and this looks fun" but I guess ymmv
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
all I know about Guardians is that they have a tree that only knows one sentence and a homicidal raccoon
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
That's the worst kind!
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
Bendis take on Guardians in recent issues has had laughs but been much less goofy. Kind of wondering if he was a script advisor of some sort and the comics series is adhering more to the post-movie outlook.
― have a nice blood (mh), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
This incarnation, when the first appeared in Annihilation, were great. Better than the 70s or 80s versions by some margin. The following eponymous series was solid, and they were decent all through the big cosmic sagas of the 00s. However, once Bendis started writing them in the NOW! version they turned to crap.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
True, seems like an attempt to bring them into the earth sphere of Marvel politics
The fact that each member of the team has some sort of baggage with either a galactic civilization or a galactic-scale individual (Thanos!) is kind of a good hook and Abnett/Lanning were good at characterization.
― have a nice blood (mh), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
my impression is that Bendis is the go-to-guy for helping mold the current post iron man 2 movie canon arc
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
my impression is that Bendis actually hates action sequences and will bend over backwards in order to make more room for teenagers bickering with each other about their feelings
(in fairness, sometimes this approach works)
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
he should be writing the x-men movies
― have a nice blood (mh), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
it's only working sporadically on the X-Men comic books
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
There's a "brain trust" of sorts shaping this stuff -- Bendis, Joe Quesada and I can't remember who else. Possibly Jeph Loeb (*shudder*) -- xps to forks
― needs more garlic → (WilliamC), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it is Loeb, which makes me irrationally angry.
― have a nice blood (mh), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
Bendis is great at dialogue and slow-burn plots and hopeless at complicated multi-character action-packed narratives as far as I can tell. I was obsessed with his Daredevil/Alias period but gave up following him after one of those messy cross-title Avengers stories.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
Loeb is a decent-enough premise guy but don't let him try to outline
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
teenagers bickering kinda IS the core of the X-Men, they can't be punching each other alla the time
xps Quesada definitely involved, when he "stepped down" from EiC he moved into the movie/TV stuff fulltime
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
I've been trying to figure out if coming up with easy-to-follow plot ideas in broad strokes is his main strength. All his Batman stuff was very understandable but I just thought it was boring as hell. When he tries to write characters it gets... less good.
― have a nice blood (mh), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
Loeb, that is
OTM. Get Loeb to do the plots and Bendis to do the character and dialogue and you're golden.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link